1794 ⟶ Antoine Lavoisier Executed

May 8: The chemist Antoine Lavoisier, along with twenty-six ...
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🔪 Madame Roland Executed During Girondin Purge

November 8: Madame Roland is guillotined in the purge of Girondins. Before her execution, she cries: "Liberty, what crimes are committed in your name!"⟶
Madame Roland Executed During Girondin Purge (1793)
French RevolutionGuillotineReign of TerrorGirondinsPolitical PersecutionAtrocityExecutionMadame RolandViolence

⚗️ Antoine Lavoisier Executed

May 8: The chemist Antoine Lavoisier, along with twenty-six other former members of the Ferme générale, is tried and guillotined⟶
Antoine Lavoisier Executed (1794)
French RevolutionGuillotineScienceChemistryLavoisierScientific RevolutionExecutionTerrorFerme générale

🔪 Hébertists Executed in Paris

March 24: Hébert and leaders of the Cordeliers are condemned to death and guillotined.⟶
French RevolutionReign of TerrorHébertistsCordeliers ClubGuillotinePolitical PurgesFactionalismRadicalismExecutionParis

✒️ André Chénier's Execution by Guillotine

July 25: The poet André Chénier is among those guillotined.⟶
André Chénier's Execution by Guillotine (1794)
French RevolutionExecutionGuillotinePoetryLiteratureAndré ChénierTerrorVictims of the TerrorPolitical Repression